Christmas Vacation

We were very fortunate to be off of work the entire week between Christmas and New Years.  We had lots of family fun throughout the week.  Here is a brief overview of some of the fun.  Now I know that I have covered the fact that bath time is now one of Hannah Claire's favorite things in the world to do.  Because of the excessive splashing we have moved the tub from the sink in the laundry room to the big tub in our bathroom.  This allows for all of the splashing to just drain right down the pipes.  If only we didn't have to reach so far down to actually clean her.  I guess nothing is perfect.  Here are some of the pictures from the big tub bath.  They were just too cute not to share.  

You may not be able to see but HC has water eyelashes from all of her splashing.  Adorable!

We spent lots of time playing with all of Hannah Claire's new toys.  She loves her Learn and Groove Table.  There is so much to study.  She is very focused.

There is always time to stop and smile for the camera.

Hannah Claire is very independent.  She thinks that she should be feeding herself now.  If we are hanging at the house I will let her try.  She is actually pretty good.  We only get a little messy.

Notice the applesauce on the noggin:

Daddy's little Red Sox fan:

One of our favorite things to do around Christmas is to go look at Christmas lights.  Since this year was so crazy we did it after Christmas this year.  This worked out great.  There are really two places we make sure to hit.  Our builder goes overboard.  It is really quit funny to see his house.  Hello Clark Griswald!  The other is a house in our neighborhood that is unbelievable.  This man has set the lights to music that you can hear through your car radio.  It is beautiful!!!  It was the perfect night because we were the only ones looking so we had all the time we needed to take HC out of her car seat to see the lights too.  She was in awe.  

Here she is at the Jones house.  Our first stop.

At our next stop she got up front (there are about 10 songs to watch).  This turned out to be somewhat of a scene because she got distracted by playing with the steering wheel.  Then she bumped her head on it and our little drama queen had a slight meltdown. 

After a few seconds of crying, we moved her to the middle and she was able to refocus on the light show.